Ahmed Idris, suspended accountant-general of the federation, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Idris was released on administrative bail on Wednesday night. Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson, confirmed this on Thursday. Idris was arrested...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80 billion. EFCC...
No fewer than 59 suspects are on the Wanted List of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for various fraudulent activities amounting to about N435bn and $397,758,000 (about N165bn). The offences range from money laundering to...
The Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State, has convicted a former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, and two others for money laundering involving N450 million traced to funds said to have been fraudulently...
The federal government on Thursday inaugurated a 23-member board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The appointment of the members had earlier been confirmed by the Senate in October last year. EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it secured a total of 2,220 convictions across the country in 2021. EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, with the breakdown provided...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has refunded N326,000 that was illegally withdrawn from the bank account of a student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Diemesor Gabriel. The commission’s head of media...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, refusing to grant an order of final forfeiture of the sums of 500,000 and N500million allegedly looted...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday in Lagos, arrested former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode yesterday but he says he has been released on bail. He arrived at the Lagos office of the...
The Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has returned the N19.3 billion bailout funds reportedly hidden by the Kogi State Government to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The commission had earlier announced that...